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I've always daydreamed about a cafe big enough to have two viable areas: one quiet and businesslike, where working on laptops is OK, and one buzzy and social, w

I've always daydreamed about a cafe big enough to have two viable areas: one quiet and businesslike, where working on laptops is OK, and one buzzy and social, where working on laptops is forbidden. The idea that somehow it's completely wrong to do business in a cafe would come as a surprise to the coffeehouses that ultimately turned into Lloyd's of London and the London Stock Exchange, to name a couple. In my daydream, there is somehow a way to make people pay for the space they are taking up, too. Perhaps what I'm thinking of is a co-working space with a cafe next door?

mmahemoff 10y ago
Ziferblat (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziferblat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziferblat) aka "anti-cafe", is a bit like this and there's a few in the UK. It's an interesting mix between cafe and working space as it has a pay-per-hour model with tea/coffee and snacks available at no further charge. Although there's no partition between "quiet" and "loud" area, it's a big enough space to support both (in London at least).
arthurfm 10y ago
> I'm thinking of is a co-working space with a cafe next door? The Dock and Dock St Café & Bar in London is exactly this. [1] http://www.thedocklondon.com/ http://www.thedocklondon.com/ [2] http://www.thedocklondon.com/the-dock-club-affiliate-membership/ http://www.thedocklondon.com/the-dock-club-affiliate-members... [3] https://officesnapshots.com/2015/12/03/dock-london-coworking-offices/ https://officesnapshots.com/2015/12/03/dock-london-coworking... [4] https://hubblehq.com/office-space/1313/the-dock https://hubblehq.com/office-space/1313/the-dock